Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 by Steven 0 Add a CommentPeople have been trying to sell us 3D this and 3D that for ages, but for the most part it’s always been the same flat surface we’re looking at and poking with our fingers. Some restless souls in Japan, however — including Engadget’s very own Kentaro Fukuchi — have begun developing a way for computers to recognize a person’s interactions with real objects and to respond accordingly. The essence of this new technique is to use translucent

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Tangible 3D UI being developed in Japan (video)